Talking to an indigenous man from one of the Same villages in the Kiruna area, we ask:
In your village, with reindeer herding and such, is it okay to work in the mine?
Yes, it is. It must be up to each one of us because we live in a society that looks the way it does. With the economic values we have, I completely understand a young person growing up with his or her friends and who wants a modern car, a new snow mobile and… things with status. We all slip into it. They work extra in the mine. As for myself, I wouldn’t be able to do it.